5. Connectivity in the Thames Gateway “ What we need is a city where anywhere you go, you can log on, you can get on the web. “ Boris Johnson, Mayor of London Backhaul, core network and Service Provider interconnect High-speed Broadband Up to 24Mbit/s Super>fast Broadband Up to 40Mbit/s with improved upstream rates Super>fast Broadband Up to 110Mbit/s with improved upstream rates Copper Copper Fibre Fibre Cabinet Copper Standard Broadband Up to 8Mbit/s Homes/businesses Exchanges Ethernet Business Services Up 10Gbps Ethernet Node Businesses Mobile Network or wireless link Mobile and wi-fi Up to 7.2Mbit/s and up to 100Mbps* Base station Dongle